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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

The average salary OF umpire to-day about
player, whose duties are not nearly SO trying ana
whose position Is not half responsible receives from
two to four times tla amount Il takes eighteen players
TO play game OF baseball while it VIII take Dnt one IN
COM etc Mt umpire to dcmorahe boh nhes' MAKE 'uc
match a circus aud disgust the onlookers The recent
deal ny which the American Association euchred It's
League rivals and secured tho veteran Ferguson as an
unpire ia case ia point Ferguson Is considered the
best umpire in the country 10 date, and when he severed
his connection manager OF the Metropolitan eIup to
League made few weak efforts TO secure MN As an
umpire The nggardly policy that has governed INC
League before again showed ITSELF aud as consequence
the American Association got Ferguson and the League
got left The former boy agreed to pay Ferguson Oh the
basis OF 81 BOO year. while the League offered severa
hundred loss After the League has used up all %, anu
ouatei and nothing players. II VIII nnaly uroP
into line and oler It's utpp Ires good salaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

Senator Fasset by the way has been here during the
week, with his shapely head clipped as smt oty as
convcts pate. There three counties in his Senate
district where the rotation rule had been enforced until
IL has become the established unwrten party law Mr.
Fassett expects effort to be made TO rotate him ont
and looking the ground TO see II 1t Is worth while
TO try TO break the rule As Senator Mr. Fasset has
been counted Plat man. lie Is owner OF The LsnTd
Gazette His name figured conspicuously in a" Patt
State ticket" proposed in recent editorial In The Nei-
York times about which the Senator said sarcastlca!
The Endorsement of this ticket by The Times gave ne
GGcfte It's first opportunity In many day to agree with
the Mugwump sheet. II was really pleasure 10 me to
write graph agreeing with its suggestion Carroll
f. smith hit the mail the head when he said the only
trouble with the proposed ticket was that Ihe Tunes
favored it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
GLANCES AT PUBLIC MEN.

Among recent visitors to New-York was judge
Thomas Settle who presides the United states Dis
rict Court for Northern Florida Judge Settle at one
time cut prominent figure in National politics lie was
president in 1872 of the National Republican Conyen-
ton which renomnated General Grant for President lie
that time resident of North Carolina In 1910
he ran for Governor North Carolina on the Republican
ticket and made the most brilliant for his party
of which the State has any record The Judge Is man
of native force and ability which was fairly recognized
by the appointment TO the United states Bench which
has been honored by his presence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

The West IL waking up and this season viii be
uarho1 by n team from Pttsburg coming on ana
nroying two matches in Philadelphia ana ono on
staten Island and by the meeting Of East and west
at pittsburg on July 20 and 81. Tho teams from
tho East will be made up of two players from station
Island. two from Manhattan, two from Bostoh' ono
from baltimore and four from Philadelphia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

c. H. Byrne In speaking Of "club" territory the other
day. said: cit is singular thing how little respect some
,rhs nav 10 the rights and privileges OF
other mines The Brooklyn club never encroaches
upon the territory OF other mines ana n
n will not consequently aowany other CLUB To encroacn
non the territory the National agreement gives he
Brooklyn nine | was instrumental IN stopping Una, i
nronosei game at the Long Island Grounds last suniay
batwern the Cuban Giants and tho Utlca clh9s' lho
Jiica club belonging to tho Iuternational League:
which il member OF tho National Agree men cQnli not
co1aict with our Brooklyn club when II was playlng
championsnIp game and consequently was forccd 10
obey my protest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

De Wolf Hopper the popular young comedian and
baseball enthusiast, has received as present
neat little trinkct. the only one o.
its lind IN this country at present. WINE
nnrey American in idea it was modelled on the othei
de Of the water Its like baseball In weight anu ny
but when secret spring Is touched IL opens
and becomes inkstand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

The experience of the New-York legislators VIII the
temperance agitation has somewhat of parallel III the
long struggle that ceased in Ohio two years ago on the
adoption OF the so-cacd Scott law tbs virtually "a
license law although license is prohibited by the state
Consultation. In talking the other day Noah H. Swayne
IT, of Toledo gave hint OF the narrowness with when
Ohio escaped prohibition. Mr.. swayne belongs 10 a
family which had distinguished representative on the
United States Supreme Bench and Is himself prom
neut lawyer of his State He might be called heavy
weight since he weighs about 800 pounds. Said he IL
you are edgng along in New York toward high license
you are oil the right track Judging from our Ohio ex
perence The liquor men in our state were taught
lasting lesson As between free liquor and no liquor
the votes will he for no liquor every time We submitted
a prohibition amendment 10 quiet the temperance
agtators. No one had any idea that 1t would carry
saw men who staggering under the Influence OF
liquor voting for It, 1t failed by few thousand votes
In the count. ] have always believed that recount
would have shown il carried The poll officers had so
little idea that there would be any coseness In the Noc
that they were careless about counting IT, and
of ballots unrecoriei Then there was DOUBTLESS
some miscounting in city precincts which was lntcn
tional. The liquor men with us nave since had such
fear prohibition that they have been camorous Tor
restrictive legislation 10 head 1t on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

New-Yorkers who take an Interest IN Daseoa'i VII,
waste no more sympathy on the Me'roPon'a' 'i'D, :.
-, -, ,,a, nine do not 20 TO work now and play
ereat game OF baseball There 10 no other cup III the
country that has the firylike Inc osnre hnt ~,
Iyiians The field the stands and tho Fall OK Baoyon
scenery give the Mctropoans place TO win gree ua
mond honors that surpassos any other smar hcosu'o
in the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

There are prospects though not extremely bright OF the
residents OF Asbury Park being served with an oce-
sional baseball feast Several energetic resiueh'S pro-
nose to ft up baseball grounds and to have baseDa
aamcs M often "A possible Efforts will be made to
secure the attendance tho League and American AS
soci,on clubs when they have no schedulci gaincs,
Whcn the igter clubs cannot find time to go TO Asbiry
paik mes will he arranged between strong amat cur
and scmi.professiOnal clubs Clubs going tuere VIII
rscatva fixed sum, unless the gate
roccints amount 10 than the guar
on,ee when AN canal division will be made. me mana
r NJ The .rhcme think that game between strong Guns
would attract about 5000 spectators Ihai nmort ot
neoplc would make the venture prontaD1 Dotu W tno
rInbs and the management The grounds VIII be anVah
tageously situated only u few mhutcs Walk from lne
railroad station grand stand 10 ACCOMMODATE -'ooo
people will be erected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

There was no end of horse play during the week.
One rather fncal youngster produced an embroid-
cred night-shirt the first night in camp. and
the news spread rapidly. The next day
his yalse was found open and the nght-shrt gone.
II is said that one of the darkeys at the
taurant has been wearing 1t for dreSs-shrt since.
Another man, who had slipped into the river, hung
up his trousers to dry on Saturday night. ana was
confined to his tent the greater part OF sunday In
consequence.
Some wag hung three gilt balls over the tent
door of Private Simpson one morning, and Nj.
Simpson was Immediately asked to put value and
a ticket on nearly every Waterbury watch aud
gold-plate chain in camp. Bnt the chief pcrpo-
traitor of tricks caught at last when an alleged
victim drew of nearly all the whiskey in his big
demIohn and diluted the remainder with water.
An innocent youth who wandered over to Peesskill
forgot the cOuntersign on his way back. and
was taken to the Quard-house He followed the
wheelbaIrow for q day. picking up scraps abouu
the camp, and was let OFT Tor the night win 0rdcru
to report at the guard-hOuse in the morning Somes
body backened his face during the nighf, ana ~
his hurry to get to the guard he forgot the
lOOking-gass. Then for turning out IN such ais'
graceful manner he put on the wheelDarroH
for the rest of the week.
Ex-Aldermen Wendels men. who ran the battery,
and evening gum and there the days duties gcner-
ally ended The lieutenant IN charge had pleas;
ant. informal way with the men when lie did driu
them =. ,., -
"Ach Hans. wy for you not sit. sltraid on dot
box Fot your arms yet DON'T look ash eel 20?
Himme dose riting and dose marching. Napoi::
Won he couldn't make some men soldtyers, De OotI'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26

genial storyteller is that Republican warhorse OF
Belmont, ex-Attorney General Hamilton Ward. He Is
man medium size, with round head and face. large
gray mustache twinkling eyes and the good natured
smile of a politician. lie reshes good one " on him
self as well another. He an ardent Hiscoek
man in the senatorship contest He was not able to
influence the Legislators who were from his part of the
State to vote he wished and felt about it. In the
Jubilee over Mr. Hiscocks election he recovered his
spirits and made the remark that he considered himself
"charter member IN the HlScOck election. The
charter member " has stuck to him rs nickname ana
will figure in the contest that he is said TO intend 10
make for j. Sloa fassetts seat in the state Senate
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
The F. E. q M. v. and the Courts.

The supremo court was last Saturday
the scene of one of the warmest argu-
ments that has taken place before that
honorable body during the present
term. The matter up for hearing was
the case of the state ex rel the board of
transportation VS. F. E. Il E. V. r. r.
Co. 1t was only exceeded in earnest
ness by the debate that attended the de-
murrer OF the railroad company in the
same case Gen. Hawley and Hon. L.
M. Marqnett appeared on the part OF
the company. and Attorney General
Leese answered on the part of the state.
The attorneys for the company moved
that the whole matter be dismissed,
setting up their answer to the board to
the effect that the compromise virtually
complied with that order.
Gen. Leese replied by asking for a
peremptory writ and held that they have
not complied with the order of Sep
TENDER "a, and that no good cause had
been shown why they should obey the
order. The compromise, he argued, had
no legal standing and it could not be
ilsed TO affect the complainant in this
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
A Famous Poem.

The authorship OF MARY had Little
Lamb has been ascribed by various
persons and many romantic stories have
been told regarding its position. To
Mrs. Hale's family we are indebted for
the following account Of the circum-
stances which led to it's production. In
1897 DIR. Lowell Mason was induced to
lend his musical talents to Boston, and
while there gave especial attention to
the training of children in vocal music,
being the first person to introduce sing
ing into the public schools. In order to
make these singing classes attractive
DIR. Mason requested Mrs. Hale and
other writer's to furnish him with verses
suited to the capacity Of children, and Of
a kind to interest them. In reponse to
this request, Mrs. Hale, ever ready to
lend hand in any good work, composed
series Of little poems for children,
which were set to music by Mr.. Mason
and sung in the schools Of Boston and
afterward throughout the country.
Among these were the well-known, If
ever see, on bush or tree" and the
world famous 'Mary's Lamb" which
was founded on an incident Of the writ
er's own childish experience. A farm
ers daughter, she had had in her New
Hampshire home her own little lamb,
that followed her wherever she went.
Devotedly fond OF animals and maxim g
pets of birds and kittens from her earli-
est to her latest years, this busy editor
and mother of family turned aside
from her pressing cares to write these
verses, which have found a sympathet-
ic echo in the hearts of children all over
the country. In 1880 the poems thus
composed were published in book form
under Mrs. Hale's signature, with a
number of other songs and rhymes, af-
fectionately dedicated to all good child
rem in the United States.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14

case. The order of the board was in
effect Judgment and when issued could
not be substituted by anything else
without due notice to the parties to the
action, He further denied that the COM
pany did in effect comply with the de-
mand Of the board and that the rates
were in point Of fact not reduced in the
proportion which was claimed. The ar
gument occupied the entire afternoon
and thu case was taken under advissment
OF the court, whose decision will proba-
bly, be handed down during the Janu-
ary erm.-Lincoln State Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14

4 Office: First street, in rear of First National
Bank. Residence, on Sherman street. half block
east of Junction Avenue.
STURaIs, OAK.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
Firemen. Attention.

The annual meeting for the election
Of officers will be held tomorrow Thurs
day. evening, and it is therefore neces-
sary to have full attendance.
E. G. LANE. Foreman.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
Push the works scheme.

1t is not quite clear whether the Times
is Deadwood or Whitewood paper.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

AT STURGIS. IN THE TERRITORY OF DA-
KOTA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DE-
CEMBER7. 1887.
RESOURCES.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14

NoTIcE-I shall expect my patrons to settle all
accounts during the month of December. as l
must have every dollar due ME by January / to
meet maturing bills A word to the wise, etc.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14

Fancy drink" wallcards of all kinds
of stock at the ADVERTISER Office.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
JUST RECEIVED.

lib barrels Of r. /. Greetings,
AZ barrels of Baldwin's,
barrels of Roxbury Russets,
barrels of Golden Russets,
60 barrels of Northern Spy.
barrels Of Thompkin's King,
2 barrels of Tolman Sweet,
l barrel None Such.
16 barrels of Ben Davis.
/ barrel Of Cabachau,
l barrel Of Cooper.
barrels Of Golden Pippin,
barrels of Wine Pippin,
154 barrels Of choice winter apples,
strictly fancy stock. cheaper than here
tofore offered.
Order barrel.
SPARKS 4 ALLEN.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14

All persons having washing left at my laundry
must immediately call and pay for same, as l
have sold out. If not called for before Dec. "a,
they will be sold at auction.
JIM LAUNDRYMAN.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
List of Letters

Remaining unclaimed in the Sturgis
postoffice on Nov. 81, 1887. Letters in
this list which are not called for within
thirty days will be forwarded to the
lead letter office.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
JOHN sCHNELL,
TONsORIAL ARTIST.

Shop on Main street next door to Arnold 4
Meyers grocery store.
STuRGIs, OAK.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
How a Yankee Sold His Wooden

was told a story of ''down east
er's" mode of creating demand for
q supply which, amid all the ingenu-
tiles of modern commerce, may fairly
claim originality. One of the class
called a ''hickory dealer" or seller of
woodenware, came down to the south
in the summer time with well-laden
wagon, but was destined to encounter
a sweeping opposition in the yellow
fever, which had commenced business
about a week previous in such way
that the only woodenware in requisi-
ton was coffin. The ravages of the
plague were at this time so dreadful
that it will be supposed there was a
general tendency to try the most des-
it, though many such proved but pi-
oneers to its progress. This the ped
dler was aware of, so resolved, as re-
good from evil. Dressing himself as
respectfully as possibly, he mounted
his horse and rode up to printing
office in Williamsburg, where, under
an assumed name, he had one hun
dred bills struck off to this effect:
WANTED = Immediately, woodenware in
adelphia. such being found not to convey the
infection. By order of the board of health.
SETH AQAMs. N B.-Ah persons cautioned
how they use crockery, which is the cause of
the plague to thousands.
Fifty of these placards he sent his
boy to stick round the streets of a
village lying in his road where the
fever had begun to show itself. A dis
covery so important, SO simple, and
apparently in such close connection
with remedy, created an instant
sensation. The doom of crockery was
pronounced. jugs, bowls, basins,
teapots and other utensils most es-
teemed or necessary were hurled out
of the windows in showers No grand
mothers gift, no ancestors relic, sur
vived this fall of china; the streets
soon looked like a pottery after an
earthquake. About noon, when the
work of destruction was at its height,
a wagon made its way into the village
with a man vociferating with all the
power of his lungs: .sWoodenware!"
His arrival was hailed as godsend; a
crowd collected around him as to a
magician who brought talisman, and
in less than two hours his plague
averting platters were all sold at ex-
orbitant prices.-BOStOn Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Just What the Boy Needed.

Side by side in the waiting-room of
the Third street passenger station
yesterday sat a nervous little woman
and a tall, melancholy man. The
woman had boy about seven years of
age who seemed to be possessed of an
evil spirit. He wouldn't sit nor stand
still. He didn't want apples nor candy.
He couldn't be coaxed or bribed to be-
have himself, and his kicking and
whining seemed to wear the little
woman out. The melancholy man
stood it for awhile, but finally felt
called upon to observe:
MADAM, know what that child is
aching for?"
Eyes, SO do l." she promptly
answered, 'but I've boil on my right
arm?"
'.Pll take the job off your hands if
you say so. It's sumthin' I've been
in the habit of doing almost every day
of my life, for Eve had three wives and
three sets of children"
The boy sat up an extra howl and
she looked around in helpless way
and said:
'.Well you may try. Not too vigorous,
but just vigorous enough"
He reached over and picked the child
up and laid him across his knee, and
the spanking machine started off at
about forty revolutions a minute and
worked to charm.
''There-you sot there!" said the
. old man as he Strengthened the boy up
and sat him down.
That's better than all the candy
and peanuts in the country, and you'll
behave yourself for the next three
days"
The boy blubbered softly and sat still,
and when the mother bowed her
gratitude the old man replied:
''Oh, don't mention it. It's the best
medicine in the world. Besides, was
a bit lonesome to-day, and it has sort
O cheered me up."-DetroI Free Press
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Good Stone from a Queer Deposit

A Chicago street paving contractor
has just engaged 100000 worth of
Dakota paving stone. The prairie re-
gion of Dakota is about the last place
we would think of going to for stone,
and yet the deposit whence this stone
is taken is said to be most wonder
full and magnificent formation. It is
called quartzite granite, soft when
quarried and easily sawn out, but
hardening into mass fiinty and indie
structible and non-absorbent. 1t is
pronounced by experts perfect paw
ing stone. But the strangest thing
about it is the formation from which
it is taken. This is found about two
feet under the prairie soil surrounding
Sioux Falls for miles and miles, and
when the thin soil, with its stunted
growth of grass, is stripped off, there
lies the rock, as smooth and level as a
floor The tract contains something
like thirty square miles, and the de-
posit is several hundred feet thick.
Through the center of the tract runs
the Big Sioux River, whose channel is
merely a rift in the rock-a crack
formed by the partial splitting of the
whole mass. The channel is in shape
just like the letter V, and the surface
of the deposit extends back for several
miles precisely at right angles with the
sides of the Chicago Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Fish Ponds in springy Places.

When it becomes desirable to con-
struct fish pond in a place where
there are springs, or to dam up the
water and make a pond in a springy
place, it is a good plan to cover the
springs with several loads of gravel
for the fish to spawn on. The borders
of such pond should be made very
shallow, so that the little fish may
run up in the shallow water and es-
cape the large fish, or have the pond
go arranged that after the fish have
spawned, the large ones may be re-
moved. BY so doing, the eggs will
hatch out and the young fish will grow
without danger. When the next sea-
son of spawning comes, the little fish
may be removed into another pond
and the old ones let in to spawn again.
Such pond is specially adapted for
persons who cannot devote "a great
deal of time to it and who desire to
manage it with just as little care as
possible. In this way good many
fish can be raised without much
trouble. The gravel must be sifted
and all the fine parts fejected; none
smaller than d hickory nut should be
used, and from that to Il good-sized
hens egg.
Not infrequently the bottom of such
pond is porous and absorbs the wa
ter nearly as fast as it runs in, SO that
there is but little if any overflow at
the proper outlet. If you are short of
water and wish to use all that you can
possibly get for another pond or for
other purposes, it is best to cement the
bottom. But if you have no further
use for the water, it makes no differ
ence how it goes off, provided there
are no holes in the bottom large
enough to let the fish escape and the
water keeps up to its level. In case
the water should prove too warm for
trout, such pond would answer for
bass, perch, goldfish, or carp.-Seth
Green. IN american Agrtculturist.